Enterprise software can be a major point of complexity for manufacturers, particularly in the way it seems to change at an incredible speed. In order to help work through some of those changes in product lifecycle management (PLM) software packages, we spoke with Richard Mizuno, a partner at Kalypso. He has over 25 years of […]
Automotive/Transportation
Cross-Country Car Trip Used Only Solar, Hydrogen
A Tennessee college professor is celebrating his coast-to-coast trip using no petroleum fuel. Middle Tennessee State University fuels researcher Dr. Cliff Ricketts drove into Long Beach, Calif., having used only solar power and hydrogen to power his car. Ricketts and backup driver Terry Young of Woodbury finished their six-day journey Thursday afternoon. Ricketts said the […]
Ex-NASA Contractor Arrested on Plane to China
A Chinese national who worked at NASA’s Langley Research Center has been arrested on a plane bound for Beijing on charges of lying to federal agents. Bo Jiang made his initial appearance Monday in Norfolk federal court. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Jiang had an attorney. U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf says Jiang wasn’t employed by […]
Workers Face Furloughs at Hanford Nuclear Site
Pink slips went out Monday to nearly 250 workers and more than 2,500 others were notified that they face furloughs of several weeks at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, where cleanup is likely to be slowed because of automatic federal budget cuts. About 9,000 people work at south-central Washington’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which produced […]
Boeing Tech Workers OK Contract on Re-Vote
In a re-vote tallied Monday night, Boeing technical workers overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract that replaces pensions with a 401(k) retirement plan for new hires. The technical workers had voted Feb. 19 to reject the same offer. The workers’ union, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, had cautioned that a second rejection […]
Calif. Nuke Plant Could Breakdown at Full Power
The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in California could be restarted safely and run at full power, but the risk of a breakdown would increase to vexing levels after 11 months, a report concluded Monday. The seaside plant between San Diego and Los Angeles hasn’t produced electricity since January 2012, when a tiny radiation […]
Mechanical Failure at California Raceway
Authorities are investigating whether a faulty steering wheel caused a California raceway crash that killed two people, including the young cousin of the teenage driver, officials said Monday. The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department is looking into witness reports that the detachable steering wheel came off just before 17-year-old Chase Johnson’s car careened off the dirt […]
Chrysler Recalls Dodge Challengers for Fire Risk
Chrysler is telling owners of about 2,500 Dodge Challenger muscle cars not to drive them because they can catch fire. The company also says owners should not park the cars in a garage or near a structure until the problem can be fixed. Chrysler says a short circuit could cause a wiring harness to overheat […]
Toyota Recalls 209,000 FJ Cruisers
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 209,000 FJ Cruiser SUVs because their front seatbelt retractors could fall off. FJ Cruisers from the 2007 through 2013 model years are included in the recall. Toyota said the driver and front passenger seatbelts are mounted on the vehicle’s rear doors. If the doors are closed forcefully over a period […]
Obama wants research to wean vehicles off oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pushing the U.S. Congress to authorize $2 billion over 10 years for federally funded research into clean energy technologies that can wean automobiles off oil. Obama proposed the idea of an energy security trust last month in his State of the Union address, but this the first time […]